Figurine of Florence Nightingale and a wounded officer, Engl
A large number of statues were made of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) throughout her career as she was an extremely popular public figure. Mass-produced statues like this one would have been found in many middle class Victorian living rooms. During the Crimean War (1853-1856), more soldiers were dying of water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhus than from battle-inflicted wounds. Nightinga…
- Science Museum, London
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- 2019-06-09T12:09:20.124Z
- 2019-06-09T12:09:20.124Z